I couldn't agree more. Those stonesalbums with him are insane, incredibly good music.

Those albums would have been great with any number of guitarists. It was the Mick and Keith show and the idea that Taylor made the albums great is fanciful.

@@xwhite2020 you should read some of the autobiographies and biographies before you say that.

@@tattoofthesun It always amazes me how these comments so often assume they know more about a person than they possibly could.

@@xwhite2020 You're nuts man. If anyone could just fill in, Black and Blue would be as great an album as Exile or Sticky Fingers, but you know it's not. The last great Stones album musically was Goats Head Soup and the missing element on all albums after (exception of It's Only Rock and Roll) is Mick Taylor. His contributions during the golden era of their music are what transcends those songs to the heights those songs still have today. It's not even really subjective at this point. You either understand musical theory and complexity or you don't. You clearly don't.

Good point.

Really good take

spot on John, Stone best music came out of the Mick Taylor years..

Mick Taylor was the reason why I picked up the guitar as a kid and he was my favorite guitarist The Stones ever had. If this clip was accurate at that time Mick Taylor for a short while was Bob Dylan's guitarist and he was fantastic with him. Mick Taylor is playing live in 1978 with Little Feat "A Political Blues" you can see it on KZfaq.

Ditto, he's my favourite. So much class.

The stones were never as great as when Taylor was with rhem

Mick Taylor every bit as good as Eric Clapton he really could play an amazing blues rock lead guitar

@@charlieknoch5502 He made a big sound come from that guitar. I never saw Clapton in concert (only on TV) but sure, I’d stick Mick up against him any day.

That is a FACT!

@@blipco5 yeah, but I've always thought Eric was a bit Lazy and didn't push himself -- others pushed him. Look at the footage of him at The Last Waltz, he's walking through it, and his guitar strap comes off, and Robbie covers for him -- and then Eric comes back with some of the juiced stuff I've ever heard...... He is great work with other musicians -- Bonnie and Delany, "My guitar gently weeps....I don't care for his songs or even his guitar playing -- no offense intended -- , unless someone else pushes him to excellence. Then he blows the place apart. When he was drunk and on auto -pilot in the late 70s, he was dreadful. IMO. I even left a show early because it just sounded like the same old thing. he was just punching the clock... ....... But I know he got sober, and I'm happy for him, and he's one of the greats -- just not one of my favorite greats --- but God Bless Him for opening people's eyes to addiction in the music biz -- boy he learned the hard way. but at least he's alive. Wait ..... Weren't we talking about Mick Taylor? Oh yes, he was the best for his time, and yes, Ronnie is the best for his time -- there -- everybody's happy? Did't think so. lol. JMHO. No harm intended. Thanks!

What an awkward moment. Guarantee Dylan's thinking about Mick's solo on "Sweetheart Like You" at some point before he says "I'm gonna split."

I felt that

Yeah, that "Taylor..." followed by silence was heavy. Such a universal reaction to that kind of situation where someone you might not get on with, or understand, still has an uncanny, inexplicable way of making everything you do better in any field. I still think about a guy who auditioned & rehearsed to replace the original drummer for my band in 1994. He was awkward, weird, didn't connect with any of us personally, but when the music started he was PERFECT. We were really psyched but he decided not to join the band because he'd rather sell insurance with his dad. What a wasted opportunity for everyone. That guy was an enigma. I imagine just like Mick Taylor.

What Keef said about Mick Taylor is also true about ..Keef

@@conphuze Wow! You summed up that perfectly. Isn’t it strange how one word really seems to tell a whole story? I have to think that Keith realizes that there really is some magic to those albums with Taylor that just haven’t been attainable before or after.

Being a drug addict didn't help either

Although you could say the same about Mick and Keith's solo records.

@@PotrzebieConolly Talk is Cheap sounded better to me than Steel Wheels. Possibly because Mick Taylor plays on it 😀

Drugs will do that

​​​​​​@@SuburbanGurban Only on one track!! 'Could have Stood You Up' when Keith gave him the chance to play with legend Jonny Johnson!! 😄

Keith saying Mick must have experienced some problems, coming in right after Brian, whoever talks about that? nobody, the guy who originated the stones dies, life goes on, gotta get another good guitarist, Mick Taylor. all the stones had "problems" after losing their friend, so young and riding the initial wave to the peak of their early fame in 1964, i saw them at Long Beach Auditorium, or whatever it was called back then, on November 1, 1964, their second US tour that year, my rich friend's dad got us first row center tickets, Brian eventually sitting down on the stage playing the dulcimer, somebody like that dies and nobody talks about their feelings because how do you do that? it's not normal to talk about those kinds of feelings. i read a quote by bob dylan in a Rolling Stone article around 1999 i think, he said Brian Jones and Michael Bloomfield were the best guitar players he ever knew, and he described what Brian could do, learned all the early roots stuff from the early 20c South, the finger style playing that was intricate and wild with a lot of feel, and everyone played different, individually, and brian learned to play guitar from listening to records by those guys. Mick Taylor, i don't know how he came up but he was more than worthy to be in the stones.

I think Keith also feels guilty as he was part of the reason why MT left

Certainly the best guiarist... but the Stones had othersp in their orbit. Bobby Keys, Ian Stewart, Nicky Hopkins, Gram Parsons. All of which had great impact in recording or inspiring them to create their music. But yes, Mick was the best Stones guitarist, that doesn't mean the same thing to me as the best Rolling Stone. That argument may never be unequivocally answered.

The most multi talented musician was Brian Jones & he was an excellent guitar player, Mick Taylor followed on guitar. Bill Wyman has his own group, The Rhythm Kings now & even Ronnie Wood had spread his wings before joining the Stones. These guys weren't stuck playing Stones stuff and infinitum.

He's underrated as a guitar player IMO. He's behind Keith on the best guitarist of all time list simply because Keith wrote all this riffs, licks, and melodies. But hes always too far back. He's underrated.

I don't believe Taylor intended to "do his own thing," as he left to join his good-friend Jack Bruce in a more creative, progressive band that musically stirred him more than the Stones. Once the Jack Bruce project folded as quickly as it started, he was left reeling a bit, working with Pierre Moerlen's Gong (an off-shoot of the original progressive band, Gong) until recording his solo debut. It's fascinating that Taylor found some creative solace in working on more jazz-fusion projects than doing straight-ahead blues-infused rock.

Plus err..... Mick Taylor then realised that he had to sing the songs, and only then did the reality of him not having a strong singing voice, come crashing in. Imagine what "Broken Hands", or even "Leather Jacket", on his solo album would have been like had a certain Michael Philip Jagger been singing it. Just hear Taylor sing even a heritage number, like "You Got To Move" at a live show and it's bloody dire. But, yes, without him, would that golden era of such wonderful albums one after the other have ever happened, or "Brussels Affair" ?

⁠All of their amazing singles snd albums through Banquet snd arguably Bleed included jones, not taylor. And THAT is their best material. Which is the best RnR music ever recorded.

The reason he left the Stones was because he had his woman in his ear telling him that he should be doing his own thing. He had his own personal Yoko Ono.... Or at least what Yoko Ono is believed to be like. He couldn't handle it, because his mind was divided.

@@andrewthegraciouslordrober327 Bloody dire? Totally disagree. He might be a guitarist that sings, but he's far from terrible.

Brussels Affair. One of my first bootlegs on compact disc. Highly regarded as a superb soundboard and top live performances bar none - and mostly attributed to MT

Must've been some good blow you're doing there.

He's just like Keith , Jealous they are not the players Mick Taylor is.

@@paullevine1813 Mick Taylor went to do nothing after the stones lol, while the stones recorded their best selling album Some Girls.

I also loved Mick Taylor's playing on the John Mayall albums, which I haven't seen anyone mention here.

@@ianstu1940 Stones with Taylor were way better than Stones without Taylor. Mick Jagger himself has hinted at their apex with Taylor and never being able to reach that again. Why do you think they don't play songs like Time Waits for No One live?? Because they cannot. Even Dead Flowers -- no one plays those riffs/fills, solo like Mick T. Also during that time, Taylor was the main guy in the studio putting together tracks while Keef was out getting doped up, Taylor and the other session players like Hopkins were putting in the work to keep the band going. Similar to what Bob Welch did for F Mac as the bridge between when Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer etc were having their issues and before Stevie/Lindsay came on. Mick Taylor's dedication to the music is what breathed new life when the Stones needed it.

Yes, the Minor Leagues.

​@@389383 you must like shitty guitar playing, Talyor has played with Alvin lee ,Allan Holdsworth ,Eric Clapton ,Albert King ,GEORGE Lowell , Buddy Guy ,Mark Knopfler, Gerry Garcia ,Carlos Santana ,Keith and Ronnie couldnt play a decent solo if their lives depended on it ,check youtube ,minor leagues my ----

They look quite envious and little men here.

no that would be woody ,he belongs in double A ,

Tina is gone but Keith keeps on ticking

Love his accent~voice, very smart articulate man.

He sees the world as it is, without illusions or ill feelings. That what makes his music great, the ability not to fool himself even when he is on the top.

​@@aftonsky Well said.

I think the same

Yep.

The most creative was with Jones. They always knew Brian could add a "flavor" to their songs. Taylor was a great player on guitar but that was it.

Well, he Didnt play on Beggars Banquet, and did very little on Let it Bleed.....for me thats the best of the Stones

@@389383 They were a Blues/Pop band then. When Taylor arrived they morphed into a rock and roll band. Especially live.

It was the year I was born. But, for whatever reason, music from about 1965-1977 really resonates with me in a way that nothing else really does, although some of my favorite bands did their best work in the '90s (and were heavily influenced by music of the '60s and '70s). I enjoy watching the Live Aid videos, although I think some rather unfortunate artifacts of 1980s instrumentation and music production had negative effects on live music. Live Aid is really interesting to me because a lot of the older musicians who played it were still young enough to play and sing at the top of their game, yet it was also one of the first moments in time where you really notice those legends are starting to get older -- some of them are going gray, balding, maybe 15 lbs. overweight compared to their heyday, or no longer in tune with/caring about the popular fashions of the day. There's something almost wrong to me about seeing these guys perform in the peak of the 1980s, a time period where so much had changed compared to the cultural revolution of the 1960s and the decade of music it ushered in. Not to say that I hate the 80's by any means -- there's plenty of music from the decade that I do like. I guess it's just especially fascinating to me as a 37-year-old who didn't get to experience music and culture of the 1960s - 1980s as it happened.

@@robertfoshizzle me too. I was born in the spring before the summer of love in 67. Because by the next summer greed had come to San Francisco and swamped the love. And with a doubling of population every few decades, that group doubles also. I just try to live with hate for nobody in my heart. Which sounds easy at first. But becomes tough when you see these cult leaders around the world causing damage to so many. Most in God's name too, but not exclusively. You have extremes in the Amish, Mormon's, hasidic Jews and Christian's. As well as Scientology who has no religion but uses the name for the financial benefits and protection from prosecution it seems to stop of this sexual abuse of kid's. While they abuse adults too, it's the kid's who can't fight back I worry about. Then you have maga. Another cult causing support for the rich in a different way. It's a mess right now.

Pretty much everything he played on in the stones is fantastic.

That needed to be pointed out.

@Ken Truitt you're preaching the TRUTH man.

I thought the harmony of Mark with Gordon Sumner were great.

" Some people think that's the best version of the band that existed". - Mick Jagger. Jagger actually means: it was the best version of the band that existed. And he's spot on.

Yeah, but he might not quite feel entitled to any opinions in that particular company, just out of good manners, and quite rightly so. Dylan has a reputation as a man who conducts himself well, and it's for good reason. Perhaps I'm telling you what you're telling me.

Well, since I haven't met the man, that's the most I've heard Dylan say and the most normal I've heard him act ever. I only know him from interviews after 1980 or so, which is nothing like the Dylan of 1962. Always the jaded, wary, cautious interviewee. It was cool to hear how he acts with friends in private.

He knows Wood and Richards know Taylor personally and professionally a lot better than he does.

Lol, no he doesn't

Hahaha

So true😅

yeah

The full rehearsal is in the description above.

In history period

In the studio, absolutely. Live? Hit or miss….

@@angus7278 really I haven’t heard Mick Taylor have a bad night with the Stones. I’ve heard dozens of shows from 69-73 and he’s always smooth as silk

Stop Breaking Down on Exile on Mainstream......mind blowing!

For me he had a great rapport musically with Jagger, some of the subtle stuff he played while Mick was singing really brought out the beauty of the sings

Love to hear more.

Ronnie saying shit about MT again 🙄

Very few comments speak highly of Taylor...most of it is critical!!!

@@692MOM Definitely not true. And here we are speaking of comments from musicians.

Love MT..!

KR said mick never had two good nights in a row and the other two start to agree and tell stories of him not going on.

Not a group man, they seemed to agree.

Sweetheart Like You - Infidels

Thanks to this I've now discovered Foot of Pride. Looking further I see Money For Nothing came out in 1985 while Foot was 83. Not being an aficionado I may be missing something.

@@encoreunefois1X Lou Reed kills Foot of Pride

No. Knofler played on Dylan's 1979 Slow Train a 'Comin album.

There's a video of Knopfler and Taylor playing with BD. Can't recall the song.

@@robertway5756 License to Kill! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/friin6mKzJi1m30.html

Yes and it's not true. Mick has said "Yeah, I'd smoked too many joints and I passed out and Ronnie stood in for me with the Gods." Idk if Ronnie was trying to cover up Mick's drug use or something but he always says that stage fright story which isn't true.

Nicky Hopkins.

@@389383 beautiful ivory tickling... And yes perhaps the best true accompanist to the stones. Taylor was not an accompanist, but a true stone.

For multiple reasons. To me their best stuff was 69-75, then again for Tattoo You, which incidentally, was mostly old recording with Mick Taylor that were never finished, so they got thrown together and everyone was thinking "The Stones are back!!!" But it was kind of an illusion, fueled by Mick Taylor recordings from 10 years prior.

@@tenbroeck1958 oh exactly

​@@tenbroeck1958I would argue that Goats Head Soup (1973) and It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974) are comparably weaker efforts than Aftermath (UK and US, 1966) and Between the Buttons (UK and US, 1967). Musically, both records have some brilliant moments, but they represent a downward trend in the band's creative oeuvre. Additionally, Tattoo You (1981) mainly consisted of Ron Wood-era tracks from the Some Girls and Emotional Rescue sessions outside of "Tops" and "Waiting on a Friend" (from Goats Head Soup/Taylor-era), and "Slave" and "Worried About You" (Black and Blue/Post-Taylor-era). The rest are from Some Girls and Emotional Rescue.

@@fuchsiaswing8545 I'm happily indecisive with the Stones. I love and miss Brian Jones and his awesome Welshness. He played like 15 instruments and was the reason that, unlike the Beatles, they could play their psychedelic tunes live: Paint it Black, 19TH Nervous Breakdown, Ruby Tuesday, etc. However, the return to the hard Blues with Mick Taylor is what most think of as the Stones, which I absolutely love. One thing is for sure: Dirty Work onward is a perpetual turd!

​​​@@fuchsiaswing8545 I agree with your sentiments. I never liked most of GHS but they did come up with quite a few great tunes after that album. Taylor was a great guitarist but not a great fit for the Stones imo. Yet I wholeheartedly agree that the Stones hit a peak during Taylor's tenure. I don't think that's entirely because of Taylor but for sure he was part of it, just as Brian and Ronnie have left their fingerprints on the band's development. But Goat's Head was overproduced and not a good representation of what the heart of the group was about imo. That's not Taylor's fault either but maybe his polished playing unintentionally drove them and/or producer Jimmy Miller in that direction.

Dead Flowers from the Marquee Club is killer Taylor!!

Brian lived the life the other Stones only wrote about.

Donovan's from Maryhill in Scotland 😂

@@robbiemontgomery581 I have just learned something I never knew. I will have to Wikipedia him now to brush up on the Man. It's news to me, so we merely adopted him in Hatfield. Cheers for the heads up 👍

@@robbiemontgomery581 yep just checked him out, indeed a son of Glasgow. I will be careful in the future so I don't incorrectly make any claims to his true beginnings.

@@jonathanmills5747 Don't worry about it we're used to the English trying to take credit for our achievements. It's a form of flattery ;)

@@robbiemontgomery581 I guess I played the typical sassanac, yep we steal all the good stuff from you guys, tax you, tell you what to do and lie like bastards making false promises when you finally get a referendum. I have been North of the Border twice, once to Inverness and once to Glasgow. Without a doubt the most beautiful part of the UK. Not only does London politics screw you but the religious C of E keeps you all divided up there, rendering the chance of a french style revolution almost impossible. I wish Scotland to be independent as my pal is dating a Glasgow lassie, he is up and down all the time from Hatfield and I could get him to grab me duty free tobacco. I am actually a bitsa with 50% of my roots Polish, so I'm not the Gammon sort 😊

I think Taylor was interested in making more of a fusion album in the vein of Jeff Beck, but his record label put pressure on him to make something semi-Stonesy and commercial. On his solo debut, there's a great track called “Spanish / A Minor” that gives an inkling into his more progressive/jazzy tendencies.

Didn't help that he was a drug addict either

I’ve seen this mentioned by Mick Taylor fans constantly but there is just no proof of that. Look at magazine polls from the time and Keith is by far the most popular/ influential guitarist and it’s not even close. In terms of writing if they gave credit to every song Taylor supposedly wrote it would still be less than 10. Keith was by far the stronger writer especially during the exile sessions, having a hand in more than half of the songs.

@@ianstu1940 Keith is my favorite all time guitar player. I think he’s the best songwriter with guitar, plus all the grit and the riffs. Let it bleed album he was basically the only guitar player. it’s one of my favorite. However, my feelings that he was threatened by Taylor and Jaggers relationship comes from reading Keith’s autobiography. Not saying my feeling is correct. It was just my take from things Keith wrote. I don’t think those insecurities were valid though. Kieth is incredible.

Taylor had his own heroin problem while in The Stones. He cites it as his main reason for leaving.

@@ianstu1940 People who were there at the time have mentioned it including MJ, Charlie, Andy Johns, Marshall Chess, Rose Millar, and Anita Pallenberg. You think they are all wrong? Just because Keith was more popular doesn't mean he didn't feel jealous or threatened by MJ working on songs with something else instead of him.

Keith was the greatest riff writer in the world for years; that's not to be compared to Taylor. Nothing wrong with being a tremendous soloist in someone else's band.@@ianstu1940

Just Dylan being Dylan. He always seemed a bit afraid of being upstaged by anyone, hence his rotating of bands over the years.

Guilt

@@765claire And regret.

Good one

My guess it was recorded when they got together in NYC for Live Aide Rehearsals. There is a 3(?) song bootleg of that, the Basement Tape or something like that. They drove to Philly day of show in a van.

'Broken Hands' can be found on Mick Taylor's first solo album.

@@johngraves8142 I just listened and it's the same song for sure but it ain't Keith Richards singing it. I may have thought it was Keith at the time as I was really young. Great song & thanks for the info.👍

@@JamesWilliams-js4fo Mick Taylor wrote the song which is probably why he sings it but, on hearing it again, I think you can easily be excused for believing it was Keith. What impresses me the most though is how much the song resembles 'Hand Of Fate'.

@@johngraves8142 Yeah it does. I'm thinking I can hear him playing a F# chord with the b & e strings ringing out which is really a cool. Mick Taylor is a great guitar player him and Keith.

@@JamesWilliams-js4fo The Stones' greatest albums were all made when he was in the band. I get the impression that Keith was genuinely sorry that he left.

Bound to, with Ronnie Wood. Delusional at best.